chemotherapy/nausea

Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that affects the body's white blood cells (WBCs). White blood cells help fight infection and protect the body against disease, but in leukemia, some of the white blood cells turn cancerous and don't work as they should. As more cancerous cells form in the blood and

This study is a three group, randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial with two repeated measurements. The same measurements will be collected for each participant during two consecutive chemotherapy treatment cycles. After subjects are identified to meet criteria and have reported some

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) are commonly occurring, which have a negative impact on patient's quality of life and lead to poor compliance with further chemotherapy. In addition, nausea and vomiting can result in dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, anorexia and malnutrition,

Malnutrition and sarcopenia are common complications in patients with malignant diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. During chemotherapy there is a high risk of further impairment of nutritional status due to anorexia, nausea, emesis and other gastrointestinal conditions that adversely impact

Subject Selection: Every outpatient oncology patient experiencing nausea and/or anxiety during an infusion visit will be offered hospital-approved aromatherapy of Peppermint oil or Lavender oil. If patient says yes, then they will be selected for the study and infusion nurse will notify the study

120 patients with malignant tumors diagnosed by pathology or cytology and treated with highly emetogenic chemotherapy drugs containing cisplatin from September 2018 to December 2019 were selected. The patients were randomly assigned to megestrol group (megestrol acetate dispersible tablets+5-HT3

Quasi-experimental study, with evaluation before and after the application of a specific postoperative nausea and vomiting prevention algorithm for cancer patients. The study will be carried out in 3 phases: Phase 1: Database with 1829 patients evaluated and previously analyzed in the project

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women and the leading cause of death in women aged < 55 years . Hot flashes are experienced by about 52% of perimenopausal women. After breast cancer, this may increase to 70%. Hot flash is a subjective sensation of heat that is associated with objective

The terminal ill patient is suffering from many different symptoms. In total 70% are suffering from nausea and vomiting due to the wide spread of cancer or due to side effects of treatment. Often the antiemetic's are not able to reduce symptoms to a level that enable the patient to experience

Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are tumours which arise from cells of the neuroendocrine system, which is the mechanism by which the hypothalamus maintains homeostasis. Neuroendocrine cells secrete hormones, a type of signalling molecule, that play a role in many of the body's different processes

The ABC02 treatment regime was established in 2010 following publication in the New England Journal of Medicine and has since become the standard of care treatment of bile duct cancers otherwise known as cholangiocarcinomas, as well as gallbladder cancer. The treatment consists of gemcitabine and

Chemotherapy is a common treatment modality among colorectal cancer patients. Despite improvements in survival among those receiving chemotherapy, patients often experience side effects including pain, nausea, vomiting, changes in appetite and weight, fatigue, depressed mood, and reduced quality of

PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate and compare overall survival (OS) in patients with resectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma treated with perioperative fluorouracil, irinotecan hydrochloride, leucovorin calcium and oxaliplatin (modified [m]FOLFIRINOX) and surgery versus up-front surgery followed by

Chemotherapies are rated to have a high to minimal emetogenic potential in oncology patients. Their potential to induce delayed nausea is supposed to often be higher than their emetogenic potential. However, data on delayed chemotherapy-related nausea are scarce, which is problematic because nausea